Railway-tie.



C. E. HIGHBARGER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION TILED mm: 11. 1909.

Patented Feb. 22,1910.

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G. E. HIGHBARGER.

RAILWAY TIE.

. State of Montana, have invented certain new and has for one of its objects to improve the CHARLES E) HIGHBARGER, OF GREAT IFALLS. MONTANA.

RAILVVAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Application filed .i'une ll. 1309. Serial No. 501,539.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. HIGH- mnucu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Great- Falls, in the county of Cascade,

and usefu Improvement: in Railway-'lies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. elear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway ties, of the class COIiSiYltCittl principally of metal,

construction and llit'l'tZlSQ the eliieieuey and utility of devices of this ehztraeter.

Another object of the invention to provide a simply constructed tie in which provision is made for permitting a limited degree of flexibility under the severe strains to which devices of this character are subjeeted.

\Vith these and other objects in view. the i invention consists in certain novel features of C(llmilllCtlOfl as hereafter shown and de- 1 scribed and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illus-l trative of the, preferred. etnlnniinnrut oi' the invention, Figure 1 is a .le elevation of one of the improved ties. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is 'a longitudinal :tttional view on the line ;5--3 n! Fig. is a 'plan view of the improvtd dev'iee illustrating a modification l in the emistruction. Fig. 5 i. a transvea section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. (3 is a section on the line C\-'0 of Fig. 4. Fig. '7 i is a perspeetive view on a reduced scale of i a portion of the modified form of tie shown l in Figs. 4, 5 and t The improved tie l-oinprises a lower body, an upper body and an intervening flexible element. whereby a limited degree of tlexiliility is provided.

The improved tie comprises a base member in the form of a metal plate of the usual length and width of a railway tie. which is generally about eight feet long and about eight inches wide, but these dimensions may be varied if required.

In its simpler form the late 10 is inereased in width at its cuts and the 'in creased oortionsbent up to form thesides 1l-12 of hollow bodies. The outer ends of the bodies are formed by bending the ends of the base member 10 upwardly as shown I I l i i l i of the upper body portions.

; elongated at 131-l, the sides of the portions 13-14 bearing against the inner faces of the portions l1.12, and thus constituting a 010- sure for the outer ends of the hollow bodies. Connected between the upwardl}- extended portions l1-til at their ends are web members 1=-1G, these web members constituting the inner ends of the hollow bodies, as shown.

Located above the base U] is an upper member comprising a plate 17 formed sub- Sifllltiztily in the. same manner as the lower base '10 except that it. is wider and longer and provided with apertures to receive the binding bolts 1? by nhieh the rails 19 are connected.

.\t its outer portions the plate 17 is increased in width and the increased portions bent downwardly to form spaced sides 20 -21 similar to the spared .-ides tl hi of the lower body. and bearing upon the outer faces of the ameas shown in Fig. At its outer ends the member I? is ent downwardly as llUWlt at 22-'2 l .the portions l--2l 23 forming th .ikltS and ends lmt'nteti lietween the inner ends of the itiz-s fl -"2t are web member. it--2 and con tituting the inner ends of the l)0(l pat-lions. lit this ztrra'i ieuwnt it" will he 'i'\ii that two ton-m: b x-like .--i ltllil't are formed upon the base ur mia-r i while ianilar on; larger hoxlilw are formed upon the member 17. the upper hoxlike struutures iitting over tit.- lnWLl boxlilte struetures.

The interiors of the hox-lilce strut-lures are provided with a suitable flexible or yieldahle liiling material. wh may he of wood. omprossed lea her, or other slightly yieldzddo substance or material. T this end the two members it i? Willi th ir attachments are spat-ed a sutlieient distance apart so that the downward pressure, is borne entirely by the lillin material or substance, as represented.

in Figs. 4, (S and T a sli 'ht modification is shown eon-isting in maxing the depending side portioncontinuous as rupte sented at 26-27, and providing webs iii-22) between 'the sides .6 at the mine r lative locality as the u ebs 2425, and also providing webs -31 between the sides 27 and occupying the same relative locality as the webs l5-l (S of the previously escribed structure, the webs 30-3l being of less length than the distance between the sides l 27 as shown in Fig. 7, to permit the h'ltllls 5 26 to pass between the sides 27 and the; shortened ends of the webs, as shown inl Fig. 5.x The construction-shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 provides an additional space for} filler material eentrallv of the tie, as shown. 4

The improved device, except the liller= portion, is constructed entirely of melahuinl l preferably steel pressed into the i-ei nirecll shape and constitutes a very strong and; rigid tie, which is practically indesirm-tihle i and will resist the severest strains to which E ties are subjected, while at the same time are yieldable to a s'ullicient extent to prm entl fracture under abnormal conditions. By

providing the ties with the yieldahle filling material, the objectionable rigidity of the;

road lJLtl when lies of metal only are enipl'. yetl. is ohvinted without (lei-reusing the strength or ellicienc-y of the tie.

A railway tie comprising a lower hotly formed of ong'nmlinnl nmnlwr having hollow hoil s at the (-mis and open at the tops, an upper hmly formed of a longitudinal meinlnrr-hnring hollow bodies at the ends and opening downwardly and lining over the hmlirsof the-lower member, and

llexihle filling mutt-rial within the l)ll(ll(,$.

In testimony when-oi", I :llllX my signa lure, in presence of two witnesws.

CHARLES C. lllGlllKARGlfili. Witnes es:

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